I'm getting duplicates when I export on my iPad

Hey there normbay,

That sounds strange indeed!

Can you just ensure for me that you have the most up to date version of the Dropbox app on your iPad? 

Also, can you confirm that you're following the exact steps for exporting as below:

1. Launch the Dropbox app.
2. Tap … (ellipsis) beside or under the file you'd like to export.
3. Tap Export and select the Notability app.

Let me know what you find - Thanks!

THOUGHT I'D REPLIED TO THIS ALREADY.

YES, UP TO DATE, AND THAT IS HOW I DID IT.

BUT I THEN TRIED IMPORTING IN NOTABILITY FROM DROPBOX...AND THAT WORKED WITHOUT DUPLICATES. HMMM.

Mine is doing this as well.  I have standard folders I want to save the notes into and select them, but then when I go to my dropbox in other locations it has created a new set of files to save into and not my standard files.  Cannot figure out why this is happening.  There is no fix above

Hey SH64 and StricklandLaw, thanks for nudging us on this thread. 

Just to make sure that we're on the same page, could you give me the exact steps you follow that result in this behavior? 

A screenshot of this (without any personal info) would also be very helpful. Cheers!

Sure! When I am in my note in Notability on my iPad, I press the Send To Button and select Dropbox.  In the Dropbox folder section I select the folder I want to save it to.  It allows me to select the subfolder from my Active Files folder in Dropbox that I want to save it in (I have no problem toggling to and finding the folder I want to save it into from my Dropbox files.) I select a PDF format, All page ranges, no Paper or Recordings or Page Margin Selected.  When hit "Send to Dropbox", it then saves it in a newly created subfolder in Dropbox, not the folder I designated but an exact copy of that subfolder under my Active files.  I'm not sure I can screenshot this, but essentially it is recreating the same folder I asked it to save into under my Active Files and saving it separately intead of just sending it to that exact folder.  It does not save in both places, only the one new location with the same sub-folder designation as that which I selected from my Ipad.  

In further testing this, I am realizing that it is only doing this when I save it as a PDF and not when saved as a "note."  However, I need to be able to save them as PDFs. I also do not have this problem with the dropbox link with my Adobe Acrobat App.  From Adobe Acrobat I can alter PDFs or save them in my designated dropbox folders and subfolders with no problems.   

Thanks for the detailed reply, StricklandLaw. 

Out of curiosity, are you able to disconnect and reconnect Notability to the Dropbox mobile app? Maybe that will do the trick. :thinking:

I also have the problem of duplicate copies of documents when exporting from Dropbox to Notability on iPad. My steps:

On iPad, in Dropox app: open a .pdf or .docx, select export from dropdown menu, select Notability. It "creates a link," then 2 files of the document appear with various options: Add to "xyz notability document" [that is, add to a pre-existing notability doc], create separate notes, create single note [both identical documents are combined into one], add to another note. It shows a mini version of the doc I'm exporting, underneath which it says "2 files."

I choose "Create Separate Notes." I then see options for both notes: title, subject (file), pages. I can change the options on the first, or simple hit next for the second. then I "import". And I receive screen message: "2 files sent to Notability" and press "done."

If I start from the Notability app instead, and import a .docx or .pdf from Dropbox, I don't have this problem of duplicate docs.